"I always tell you to remember it next time, but you never change. How many next times do you have left?!"
Now, Zhang Jingqing gets angry whenever he sees Zhang Zhiwei. As the saying goes, don't expose someone's weaknesses when you scold them, and don't hit them in the face. It's okay to defeat your opponent in a sparring match, but how can you make someone cry with a slap?
He even made his daughter cry at someone's birthday party. As his master, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to use some earth-moving magic to burrow into the ground.
If it weren't for the fact that the Longhu Mountain family was wealthy and powerful, and had close ties with the Lu family and the Sanyi Sect, the elders of the two families would have been quite reasonable in considering his reputation as a Heavenly Master.
If it were a small sect, this would probably be a life-and-death feud. As a master, how could he not be angry?
As for Zhang Zhiwei's impressive performance later on, instructing all the young people in the audience, seemingly promoting the reputation of Mount Longhu, Zhang Jingqing still wasn't happy at all.
This matter has its pros and cons. After all, there is a saying that goes, "A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind." Today, the world is in chaos and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil. As the saying goes, people's hearts are hidden. Although everyone present is complimenting, who knows what they are thinking in private!
Zhang Jingqing felt uneasy when he thought that his beloved disciple might be plotted against by someone with ulterior motives.
"There will definitely not be a next time. This time, the sparring match between my disciple and Lu Jin was purely an accident. I was too involved and didn't stop..." Zhang Zhiwei said hurriedly.
"Stop, stop! You're the only one with so many excuses. What do you mean by not stopping? In the subsequent sparring, weren't you very steady in not stopping? When you were instructing Liu Deshui, the slightest mistake would have shocked him to death. As the saying goes, a slight error can lead to a great mistake. You were absolutely spot on, and now you're telling me you made a mistake?"
No one knows a disciple better than his father. Zhang Jingqing looked at Zhang Zhiwei with empty eyes and said, "Tell me the truth. Was it an accident or was it intentional?"
Hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei was stunned. Speaking of beating Lu Jin to tears, was it intentional... or was it an accident...
Of course... that was purely intentional. In fact, there are many ways to figure out the trajectory of Lu Jin's Qi in the reverse life state between his eyebrows. There is no need to kill him instantly with a slap.
But if he didn't slap him, how would Zhang Huaiyi stand out?
Zhang Zhiwei remembered that in the plot, the old Taoist priest once lamented that if he had not slapped Lu Jin and made him cry, there might not have been the Jiashen Rebellion.
Because, this slap made the Heavenly Master Zhang Jingqing suddenly feel that if Zhang Zhiwei with his personality became the Heavenly Master, it might not be a blessing for Longhu Mountain.
He might as well just teach another disciple himself. Firstly, they can sharpen each other's skills and maybe change Zhang Zhiwei's character. Secondly, it will provide another option. Even if Zhang Zhiwei's character cannot be changed and he is really not suitable to be the Heavenly Master, there is still a second successor.
So after much deliberation, Zhang Jingqing set his sights on Zhang Huaiyi, whose personality was completely opposite to Zhang Zhiwei's but equally talented. He began to cultivate him vigorously and taught him magic personally.
It can be said that the incident of Zhang Zhiwei beating Lu Jin to tears changed Zhang Huaiyi's fate. Without this slap, Zhang Jingqing might not have thought of looking for another candidate for the Heavenly Master, and would not have passed on the Five Thunders Righteous Method to Zhang Huaiyi.
Without the Five Thunders Law, with Zhang Huaiyi's steady character, he would most likely stay in Longhu Mountain for the rest of his life and would not have the ability to go down the mountain to form the Thirty-Six Brotherhoods. Then all the subsequent disputes could have been rewritten.
But this is considered from the perspective of the old Taoist priest in the original plot.
But Zhang Zhiwei doesn't have such an idea now. His master is in good health, and it's still a long way to go for him to become a Heavenly Master. He doesn't care much about the secrets and restrictions in the Heavenly Master's degree.
Besides, he has a good relationship with Zhang Huaiyi. If Old Lu suffers a little injustice, he can help Zhang Huaiyi. In that case, Old Lu will have to suffer.
But I didn't expect that my master would notice the clues.
Faced with his master's questioning, Zhang Zhiwei certainly would not admit it.
As the old saying goes, if you resist, you will be punished severely and allowed to go home for the New Year; if you confess, you will be punished leniently and allowed to spend the rest of your life in prison. The key point is to refuse to admit it.
Zhang Zhiwei flatly rejected the idea: "How could this be intentional? This disciple was just too excited to try out their Reincarnation Triple Technique. For a moment, he forgot his sense of propriety!"
"Why are you so happy when you see the prey?" Zhang Jingqing asked.
In order to calm his master's anger, Zhang Zhiwei decided to come up with some practical advice and said in a deep voice:
"I saw through Lu Jin's reverse life state a little bit and had a new idea, so I tried it out. I didn't expect that I could knock him down with one strike!"
"The secrets of the reverse life state?" Zhang Jingqing asked, "You seem very interested in the third level of reverse life?"
"The Third Level of Reverse Life is well-known in the alien world. Who wouldn't be interested?" Zhang Zhiwei winked. "Didn't you praise the Trinity Sect and its leader Zuo Rutong before? Master, you're quite interested too, right?"
"Huh?!" Zhang Jingqing glared and shouted, "Right, bullshit!"
Although he was indeed somewhat interested, it was enough for him to just know about this kind of thing. It would be embarrassing for him as a master to tell it out loud!
"By the way, you just said that you have seen through the three levels of reverse life and have some new ideas. What did you see through and what are your ideas?" Zhang Jingqing asked.
Zhang Zhiwei did not hide it and told Zhang Jingqing about his idea of seeing through the trajectory of the reverse-birth state's Qi and his plan to use the innate fire and gold Qi to activate the Yang Five Thunder version of the reverse-birth state.
Of course, he didn't say that his experiment had succeeded. It wasn't that he was trying to hide it, but if he did, he would definitely be scolded. So he laid the groundwork with his master first and then told him about it in a few days, to be more cautious.
"You said that in just a short while, you figured out the trajectory of Qi in the third level of Reverse Life?"
Zhang Jingqing looked at Zhang Zhiwei as if he were a monster. The Sanyi Sect's three levels of reverse life were notoriously complex, yet this evil beast of his could see through its Qi trajectory at a glance and find the flaws. How terrifying was this talent?
Such a good talent cannot be allowed to mess around.
"You haven't tried it yet, right?" Zhang Jingqing said in a deep voice.
Seeing his master's expression, Zhang Zhiwei nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "No, no!"
"That's good. Your idea is simply nonsense!"
Zhang Jingqing scolded him, "The Yang Five Thunder Qi is so violent, and the human meridians are so fragile. Let alone using the Qi trajectory of the Three Stages of Reverse Birth to circulate the Yang Five Thunder Qi, even if you use the Qi trajectory of the Yin Five Thunder from the same lineage to circulate the Yang Five Thunder Qi, it will cause huge damage to the body before you reach a certain level and learn the method of harmonization. Aren't you afraid of damaging the meridians by doing this?"
"Master, I already have a solution!" Zhang Zhiwei said, "I can use golden light to protect the meridians so that they won't be damaged."
Zhang Jingqing laughed in anger, "You have a lot of ideas about using golden light to protect the meridians, but do you know how difficult it is to achieve this? You need to practice the Golden Light Mantra to the point where you can break through the human body structure and see the gods. Only then can you use the golden light to affect the meridians in detail. There are only a few people in Longhu Mountain who can achieve this. How can you be so worthy?"